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Cao Fei

Born 1978, Guangzhou, China

Lives and works in Beijing, China


Education 

2001 Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts

1997 The Affiliated Middle School of Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts

Awards 

 
Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Prize 2021, Franfurt 

Best Artist, 2016, CCAA’s Prize, Chinese Contemporary Art Awards, China

Piedra de Sal, 2016 Cuenca Biennial, Cuenca, Ecuador

Finalist, 2010 Future Generation Art Prize, Pinchuk Art Centre, Kiev, Ukraine

Finalist, 2010 Hugo Boss Prize, The Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, New York, USA

Best Young Artist, 2006, CCAA’s Prize, Chinese Contemporary Art Awards, China

Solo Exhibitions

2024

At the Edge of Superhumanity, SCAD, Savannah

Cao Fei: Meta-mentary, Lenbachhaus, Munich

Cao Fei: Tidal Flux, Museum of Art Pudong, Shanghai

Cao Fei: My City is Yours, Art Gallery of New South Wales

The future is not a dream, Museo de Arte Latinoamericano de Buenos Aires

2023

Duotopia, Sprüth Mager, Berlin        &n

Cao Fei

Chinese artist

Cao Fei

Born1978

Guangzhou, China

NationalityChinese
EducationGuangzhou Academy of Fine Arts
Known forVideo, Digital Media, Performance, Installation, Mixed Media
AwardsFinalist, Hugo Boss Prize, Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation (2010)
Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Prize (2021)

Cao Fei (Chinese: 曹斐; born 1978[1]) is a Chinese multimedia artist born in Guangzhou. Her work, which includes video, performance, and digital media, examines the daily life of Chinese citizens born after the Cultural Revolution. Her work explores China's widespread internet culture as well as the borders between dreams and reality.[2] Cao has captured the rapid social and cultural transformation of contemporary China, highlighting the impact of foreign influences from the United States and Japan.[3]

Some of her work is owned and displayed by The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.[3] In 2021 she won the Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Prize.[4]

Cao's My City is Yours e

Cao Fei

Cao Fei (Chinese: 曹斐; born 1978) is a Chinese multimedia artist born in Guangzhou. Her work, which includes video, performance, and digital media, examines the daily life of Chinese citizens born after the Cultural Revolution. Her work explores China's widespread internet culture as well as the borders between dreams and reality. Cao has captured the rapid social and cultural transformation of contemporary China, highlighting the impact of foreign influences from the United States and Japan.

Some of her work is owned and displayed by The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum. In 2021 she won the Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Prize.

Cao's My City is Yours exhibition is being shown at the Art Gallery of New South Wales in Sydney until 13 April 2025. Cao's The Future Is Not A Dream exhibition is on display at the MALBA museum in Buenos Aires until 17 February 2025.

The Pérez Art Museum Miami, Florida, is featuring Cao's single channel video People’s Limbo in RMB City(2009) in Worlds Apart, a digital media exhibition in 2025.

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